Western blot test at Banner Gateway Medical Center
1900 North Higley Road, Gilbert, AZ · Banner Health · · NPI 1699884858
$28.88
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$174.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$17.03 with Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. vs $78.63 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Care 1st | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Care Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Arizona Physicians IPA | Medicaid | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicaid | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicare | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | VA Community Care Network | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | Medicaid | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellpoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare Advantage HMO | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner Health | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Gila River Health Care Corporation | Managed Care Program | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | AZ Medicaid - AHCCCS | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Banner University Health Plan | University Care Advantage | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Mercy Care | Mercy Medicaid | $17.03 | ↓ -41% |
| Carekin | Medicare Advantage | $17.88 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $17.88 | ↓ -38% |
| Arizona Priority Care | Medicare Advantage | $18.73 | ↓ -35% |
| Gold Kidney Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $18.73 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Qualified Health Plan | $23.16 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Individual Exchange | $23.84 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Net | Commerical Exchange Product | $25.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Choice Arizona, Inc. | ACA Health Plan | $25.55 | ↓ -12% |
| Oscar Health Plan | Commercial | $28.10 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Doctor's Plan | $31.50 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | LocalFlex | $32.88 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Core | $34.82 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | Banner Employee Plans | $34.94 | ↑ +21% |
| Hospice of the Valley | Medicare | $36.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Commercial | $36.53 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $38.33 | ↑ +33% |
| Plotkin Health | Plotkin Health | $46.80 | ↑ +62% |
| National Healthcare Solutions Inc (NHSI) and VIP Universal Medical Insurance Group (VUMI) | NHSI VUMI | $46.80 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental | $54.81 | ↑ +90% |
| Quiktrip Corporation | Commercial | $56.16 | ↑ +94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Neighborhood | $58.17 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Designated Group | $60.76 | ↑ +110% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Alliance/Blue HPN | $62.05 | ↑ +115% |
| Aetna | Joint Venture | $62.91 | ↑ +118% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BXBSAZ Alliance CHS | $65.15 | ↑ +126% |
| Arizona Medical Network | Commercial | $72.80 | ↑ +152% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | BCBSAZ Workers Comp | $77.56 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Medicare Supplemental Senior Preferred | $77.56 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona | Commercial | $77.56 | ↑ +169% |
| Provider Network of America | Commercial | $78.00 | ↑ +170% |
| Aetna | Broad Network | $78.63 | ↑ +172% |
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Western blot test at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix | Phoenix | $27.84 | $17.03 – $78.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $28.19 | $17.03 – $83.20 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $27.14 | $17.03 – $83.20 |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center | Mesa | $22.10 | $17.03 – $78.00 |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center | Sun City | $26.27 | $17.03 – $83.20 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $19.66 | $17.03 – $78.00 |
| Banner Del Webb Medical Center | Sun City West | $26.80 | $17.03 – $83.20 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | Mesa | $26.10 | $17.03 – $78.00 |